Lot 20: Dirck van Delen (Heusden 1604/5-1671 Arnemuiden)

Dirck van Delen (Heusden 1604/5-1671 Arnemuiden)
Elegant figures in a courtyard
signed and dated 'D van Delen 1628' (lower center, on the column's base)
oil on panel
36 3/8 x 61¾ in. (92.3 x 156.8 cm.)

T. T. Blade, The Paintings of Dirck van Delen, Ph.D. diss., University of Minnesota, 1976, pp. 135, 216, no. 20, fig. 19.

Lawrence Currie, Combe Warren, Surrey; Christie's, London, 17 December 1926, lot 145, as dated '1620' (33 gns. to Leger).
Slatner collection; sale, Prague, 11-13 June 1927, lot 23.
Singewald collection; sale, Bangel, Frankfurt, 11 October 1927, lot 24. Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 18 May 1994, lot 8.
Acquired by the present owner in 1994.

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION

Dirck van Delen (Heusden 1604/5-1671 Arnemuiden)
Elegant figures in a courtyard
signed and dated 'D van Delen 1628' (lower center, on the column's base)
oil on panel
36 3/8 x 61¾ in. (92.3 x 156.8 cm.)